Take a Look Back at NCDD’s Conferences

As we plan our next conference (NCDD DC Area this coming October!), I thought it would be a great time to look back at our past national conferences. If you’re thinking about coming to the conference, downloading the various guidebooks will give you a sense of the kinds of great programs, workshops, and networking opportunities you’re in store for!

2012 Guidebook — Seattle, WA

“The NCDD conference in Seattle was an extremely useful chance to meet others in the D&D field. Everybody makes the time to go, so everybody you could need to meet is there. I don’t know of another opportunity like it.”
— Amy Lee, Kettering Foundation

2010 Resource Guide — Regional Events

“It was inspiring to connect with so many people working to bring authentic public engagement to the world through state of the art deliberative processes. I was heartened to see so many civic leaders and schools of public policy there, as well all of the grassroots, networked groups who are changing the face of democracy even as I write. Well done all!”
— Kathryn Thomson, PublicForums

2008 Guidebook — Austin, TX

“I’m still coming back to earth after the amazing NCDD conference! It was packed so full of wonderful information, ideas, resources and people that I came away utterly inspired and energized. My heartiest congratulations to your team for pulling it off. What a monumental effort – and what tremendous results! Thank you for every minute.”
— Avril Orloff, Project Manager for Canada’s Philia Dialogue on Caring Citizenship

2006 Guidebook — San Francisco, CA

“I had an exceptional experience at the conference, learned so much, and made many good connections. As was true the first time around, you and all the teams did a remarkable job at collaboratively building an event that did a lot of things for a lot of people. As the organizer, I’m sure you didn’t get to see but a tiny fraction of all the good things, but rest assured there were many at every turn.”
— Pam Korza, Animating Democracy, Americans for the Arts

2004 Guidebook — Denver, CO

“I just wanted to let you know what an amazing conference it was in Denver. It deepened my understanding of D&D and I met many wonderful people. I believe events like this help strengthen and grow, not only the D&D community, but the work of conflict resolution and democracy world-wide. It was the best organized conference I have ever attended. You and those that helped you did an amazing job.”
— Stephan Gilchrist, Portland State University

2002 Guidebook — Washington, DC

The first National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation was a revelation to many attendees. It was a highly participatory, high-energy event which brought dialogue and deliberation practitioners, scholars and activists together across models, topics, regions, applications and philosophies. We prepared quite an extensive 3-ring binder for all attendees, full of lists of resources, a glossary, and full participant bios. Though more roughly designed than our latest conference guidebooks, people still talk about “the binder,” the contents of which formed the basis of what eventually grew into our extensive Resource Center.

Andy Fluke is the co-founder of NCDD and currently provides creative support to many of NCDD's publications and events. He also works with a handful of other NCDD members on a variety of projects as consultant and designer. More about his work can be found at www.andyfluke.com.